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Today is November 24, 2024 / /
Record-Breaking Halloween: Sales Reach $6 Billion Holiday Sales Un-Spooked by Recession According to IBISWorld Data LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Despite economic gloom casting a spell on consumer confidence this year, America’s darkest holiday is looking bright for retailers. According to industry research firm IBISWorld, Halloween sales are expected to reach a record-breaking $6 billion in 2009, up Continue Reading »
The current issue of KASHRUS magazine features a screaming headline concerning the constitutional challenge to that state’s kosher law raised by Rabbi Shalom Lewis in Georgia. In breathless prose, the articles portrays Rabbi Lewis as a man intent on destroying kashruth in Georgia. As is often the case, the article misrepresents key elements of history, Continue Reading »
FROM THE MINTEL COMPANY: September 28, 2009 01:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time Potato Chip Sales Pop with Recession, but Growth Expected to Slow in Economic Recovery CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–It’s confirmed: the recession really did make us chow down on potato chips and other salty snacks. A new report from market research firm Mintel shows that after Continue Reading »
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER, SEPT. 27, 2009 ‘Ecokosher’ is finding a place at the table New dietary standards commit to treating workers, animals, and Earth with care. By Dianna Marder Inquirer Staff Writer For centuries, rabbis have taught that the kitchen table is an altar. By this they mean that drawing food from the Earth, Continue Reading »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sticking to a Mediterranean diet rich in fish, olive oil, legumes, fruit and vegetables is heart healthy, but expensive, maybe even prohibitively so, new research from Spain hints. Consequently, “upstream” measures — such as taxes on unhealthy foods and/or subsidies on healthy foods — may be needed to “increase the Continue Reading »
Ketiva V’chatima tova- may we all be written and sealed for good in the new year. May the new year be filled with an abundance of blessings from Heaven! Rabbi Jeffrey Rappoport- Editor in Chief Ms. Deborah Wenger- Production Editor Ms. Andrea Herrera- Contributing Editor Mr. Leonard DiPietra- Contributing Editor
General Mills Unveils Wheaties Fuel – The New Breakfast of Champions The Evolution of the Iconic Breakfast Cereal Was Co-Created with Help from Champion Athletes Peyton Manning, Hunter Kemper, Kevin Garnett, Bryan Clay and Albert Pujols MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–After three months of consumer testing, Wheaties, “The Breakfast of Champions®,” announced today the evolution of its iconic Continue Reading »
FROM KOSHER NY QUICK BITES: After a Long Week Mr. Broadway Reopens After a week of being closed by the DOH, Mr. Broadway re-opened for business yesterday and already experienced a steady flow for lunch. A staple in the kosher midtown lunch options Mr. Broadway famous sandwiches are ready for the ordering. Schnitzel Express Opens Continue Reading »
All of us who keep kosher have had an occasion to attend a community affair, political affair, or something of that ilk, that is not kosher. As you sit there watching everyone eat their trefe meals, you wait for your kosher meal to arrive. Everyone else has had the obligatory fruit cup and the appetizer Continue Reading »
WARNING! THIS STORY IS ABOUT TREFE, BUT IT WAS TOO GOOD NOT TO PRINT!!! FROM THE WORLD OF CRAZY TREFE FOOD PRODUCTS: Move over, Twinkies: Deep-fried butter is here Inventor of fried Coke and fried cookie dough is ‘back with a vengeance’ State Fair of Texas Abel Gonzales Jr. says his deep-fried butter invention tastes Continue Reading »
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